Read NEJ's Advance Edition of the Daily Christian Advocate When the delegates of the Northeast Jurisdiction Conference gather in College Park on Nov. 1-4, they will elect two bishops, to replace Bishops Sudarshana Devadhar and Mark Webb, who are retiring. There are nine candidates for the...
By Melissa Lauber Confident that outstanding leadership is an essential part of helping churches thrive, Bishop LaTrelle Easterling invited best-selling author Tod Bolsinger into a deep conversation as part of the new Next Level Speaker Series on Oct. 20 at St. Mark’s UMC in Easton...
See a video of Giovanni Arroyo's installation service The Rev. Dr. Giovanni Arroyo was installed as General Secretary of the United Methodist Commission on Religion and Race on Oct. 14 in a worship service at National UMC in Washington, D.C. He is the first Latino to lead a denominational...
The Rev. Susan Duchesneau, a retired Elder in the Baltimore-Washington Conference, now lives in Punta Gorda, Florida. On Oct. 3, she wrote a letter to the people of Ferndale UMC where she was a pastor. With her permission, we share it with you. Greetings! Our family is safe in Punta...
The Korean Caucus of the Baltimore-Washington Conference, whose president is the Rev. Myungha Baek, held a Stop Asian Hate Crime seminar on Oct. 1 at Bethany Korean UMC in Ellicott City. The Rev. Dawn Hand, superintendent of the Central Maryland District, opened the...
At the invitation of their district superintendents, several clergy leaders from the Peninsula-Delaware and Baltimore-Washington Conferences met with Bishop LaTrelle Easterling on Sept. 28. They discussed how churches can grow in vitality and “do something expansive for God.” As part...
The General Conference of The United Methodist Church affirms the sacredness of Native American people, their languages, cultures, and gifts to the church and the world, past and present. As people of faith, we celebrate and honor Native American peoples and commemorate their histories...
Miracles happens, and sometimes they surprise us. During the pandemic, the Rev. Gay Carden pastored sick people and led the funerals of those who died. “There was a darkness in the pandemic,” she said. Recently, she also found the light. On Sept. 15, Carden, pastor of Asbury...
By Rev. Charles L. Harrell “Why did God let this happen to us?” That question is on the hearts and minds of many of her fellow Ukrainians since February, according to Pastor Alla of the Kamyanitsa UMC. Pastor Alla was one of seven United Methodist leaders from the...
In 2021, the Biden Administration recognized Indigenous People’s Day as a federal holiday. The United Methodist Native American International Caucus (NAIC) believes this national observation is a clear contradiction with the continued observation of Columbus Day as a national holiday...
